Table of population, 1801-1901

A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911.

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Table Of Population 1801–1901

Table Of Population 1801–1901
— Acreage 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Ancient or Geographical County (fn. 1) 181,320 818,129 953,774 1,144,531 1,358,130 1,574,416 1,886,576 2,206,485 2,539,765 2,920,485 3,251,671 3,585,323
Parish Acreage 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Edmonton Hundred
Edmonton † 7,483 5,093 6,824 7,900 8,192 9,027 9,708 10,930 13,860 23,463 36,351 61,892
Enfield † 12,653 5,881 6,636 8,227 8,812 9,367 9,453 12,424 16,054 19,104 31,811 43,042
Hadley, or Monken Hadley † 641 584 718 926 979 945 1,003 1,053 978 1,160 1,294 1,389
Mimms, South § 6,386 1,698 1,628 1,906 2,010 2,760 2,825 3,238 3,571 4,002 5,785 7,402
Tottenham 4,642 3,629 4,771 5,812 6,937 8,584 9,120 13,240 22,869 46,456 97,174 136,774
Elthorne Hundred
Brentford, New (fn. 2) ‡ 217 1,443 1,733 2,036 2,085 2,174 2,063 1,995 2,043 2,138 2,069 2,029
Cowley† 306 214 382 349 315 392 344 371 491 498 525 601
Cranford ‡ 737 212 267 288 377 370 437 530 557 503 507 488
Drayton, West ‡ 878 515 555 608 662 802 906 951 984 1,009 1,118 1,246
Greenford † ‡ § 2,078 359 345 415 477 588 507 557 578 538 511 647
Hanwell (fn. 2) (fn. 3) ‡ 1,067 817 803 977 1,213 1,469 1,547 2,687 3,766 5,178 6,139 10,438
Harefield ‡ 4,621 951 1,079 1,228 1,285 1,516 1,498 1,567 1,579 1,503 1,867 2,008
Harlington ‡ 1,465 363 461 472 648 841 872 1,159 1,296 1,538 1,542 1,690
Harmondsworth ‡ 3,307 879 926 1,076 1,276 1,330 1,307 1,385 1,584 1,812 1,914 1,971
Hayes ‡ 3,311 1,026 1,252 1,530 1,575 2,076 2,076 2,650 2,654 2,891 2,651 2,594
Norwood Precinct (fn. 4) 2,461 697 875 1,124 1,320 2,385 2,693 4,484 5,882 6,681 7,627 12,499
Hillingdon:— 4,944 3,894 4,663 5,636 6,885 9,246 9,588 10,758 11,601 12,641 13,776 14,895
Hillingdon * † § 4,845 1,783 2,252 2,886 3,842 6,027 6,352 7,522 8,237 9,295 10,622 11,832
Uxbridge Chap. † ‡ 99 2,111 2,411 2,750 3,043 3,219 3,236 3,236 3,364 3,346 3,154 3,063
Ickenham† 1,458 213 257 281 297 396 364 351 386 376 368 329
Northolt † ‡ § 2,230 336 392 455 447 653 614 658 479 496 538 589
Perivale ‡ 633 28 37 25 32 46 32 48 33 34 55 60
Ruislip 6,585 1,012 1,239 1,343 1,197 1,413 1,392 1,365 1,482 1,455 1,836 3,566
Gore Hundred
Edgeware ‡ 2,090 412 543 551 591 659 765 705 655 816 864 868
Harrow-on-the-Hill § 10,027 2,485 2,813 3,017 3,861 4,627 4,951 5,525 8,537 10,277 12,988 22,157
Hendon* § 8,382 1,955 2,589 3,100 3,110 3,327 3,333 4,544 6,972 10,484 15,843 22,450
Kingsbury 1,829 209 328 360 463 536 606 509 622 759 581 757
Pinner (fn. 5) § 3,782 761 1,078 1,076 1,270 1,331 1,310 1,849 2,332 2,519 2,727 3,366
Stanmore, Great ‡ 1,484 722 840 990 1,144 1,177 1,180 1,318 1,355 1,312 1,473 1,827
Stanmore, Little ‡ 1,591 424 547 712 876 830 811 891 818 862 926 1,069
Isleworth Hundred
Heston 3,823 1,782 2,251 2,810 3,407 4,071 5,202 7,096 8,432 9,754 10,389 11,690
Isleworth* 3,150 4,346 4,661 5,269 5,590 6,614 7,007 8,437 11,498 12,973 15,884 19,874
Twickenham 2,421 3,138 3,757 4,206 4,571 5,208 6,254 8,077 10,533 12,479 16,027 20,991
Ossulstone Hundred—Finsbury Division
Charterhouse Extra Par. 10.3 249 162 144 164 185 277 255 271 161 136 140
Clerkenwell (fn. 6) 380 23,396 30,537 39,105 47,634 56,756 64,778 65,681 65,380 69,076 66,216 64,077
Finchley 3,384 1,503 1,292 2,349 3,210 3,664 4,120 4,937 7,146 11,191 16,647 22,126
Friern Barnet (fn. 7) † 1,304 432 487 534 615 849 974 3,344 4,347 6,424 9,173 11,566
Hornsey (fn. 6) † 3,039 2,716 3,349 4,122 4,856 5,937 7,135 11,082 19,357 37,078 61,097 87,626
Islington 3,109 10,212 15,065 22,417 37,316 55,690 95,329 155,341 213,778 282,865 319,143 335,238
Old Artillery Ground Liberty Extra Par. 5.3 1,428 1,385 1,487 1,411 1,558 1,972 2,168 2,467 2,516 2,138 2,098
St. Botolph Aldersgate (part of) (fn. 8) :—
Glasshouse Yard Liberty 5.6 1,221 1,343 1,358 1,312 1,415 1,476 1,455 1,232 931 779 741
St. Luke 237 26,881 32,545 40,876 46,642 49,829 54,055 57,073 54,995 46,849 42,440 37,443
St. Sepulchre (part of) (fn. 8) 19 3,768 4,224 4,740 4,769 4,801 4,832 4,609 2,888 2,392 1,972 1,503
Stoke Newington 638 1,462 2,149 2,670 3,480 4,490 4,840 6,608 9,841 22,781 30,936 34,293
Ossulstone Hundred—Holborn Division
Hampstead 2,248 4,343 5,483 7,263 8,588 10,093 11,986 19,106 32,281 45,452 68,416 82,329
Paddington 1,251 1,881 4,609 6,476 14,540 25,173 46,305 75,784 96,813 107,218 118,054 127,557
St. Andrew Holborn (the part above the Bars) (fn. 9) 76 22,205 23,972 26,492 27,334 21,438 23,355 22,384 23,096 28,874 26,228 23,683
St. George the Martyr 36 7,897 8,763 9,867 10,397
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents, and Ely Place Liberty (fn. 10) ‡ 32 7,781 7,482 9,270 9,745 9,455 8,728 7,148 5,907 3,980 4,506 3,396
St. Giles in the Fields † 123 28,764 34,672 51,793 36,432 37,311 37,407 36,684 35,703 28,701 23,087 20,332
St. George Bloomsbury 121 7,738 13,864 16,475 16,981 16,807 17,392 17,853 16,681 16,695 14,202
St. Marylebone 1,506 63,982 75,624 96,040 122,206 138,164 157,696 161,680 159,254 154,910 142,404 132,295
St. Pancras † 2,672 31,779 46,333 71,838 103,548 129,735 166,956 198,788 221,465 236,258 234,379 234,912
The Liberty of the Rolls Extra Par. 11 2,409 2,620 2,737 2,682 2,557 2,567 2,274 1,757 546 421 258
The Savoy Precinct (fn. 11) ‡ 6.6 320 287 222 431 414 372 380 365 245 201 160
Ossulstone Hundred—Kensington Division
Acton 2,305 1,425 1,674 1,929 2,453 2,665 2,582 3,151 8,306 17,126 24,206 37,703
Chelsea 794 11,604 18,262 26,860 32,371 39,896 56,185 63,104 70,738 88,128 96,253 95,086
Chiswick † 1,216 3,235 3,892 4,236 4,994 5,811 6,303 6,505 8,508 15,663 21,344 28,513
Ealing † 3,850 5,035 5,361 6,608 7,783 8,407 9,828 11,963 18,189 25,748 36,267 47,510
Fulham (fn. 12) 1,701 4,428 5,903 6,492 7,317 9,319 11,886 15,539 23,350 42,900 91,639 137,249
Hammersmith (fn. 12) :— 2,286 5,600 7,393 8,809 10,222 13,453 17,760 24,519 42,691 71,939 97,239 111,970
Hammersmith 2,101 — — — — 9,888 13,293 19,104 36,029 64,349 88,653 102,474
Hammersmith, St. Peter Chapl. 185 — — — — 3,565 4,467 5,415 6,662 7,590 8,586 9,496
Kensington 2,188 8,556 10,886 14,428 20,902 26,834 44,053 70,108 120,299 163,151 166,308 173,073
Twyford Abbey Extra Par. 281 8 10 33 43 27 21 18 47 75 60 87
Willesden (fn. 13) § 4,383 751 1,169 1,413 1,876 2,930 2,939 3,879 15,869 27,453 61,057 114,582
Ossulstone Hundred–Tower Division
Bethnal Green 755 22,310 33,619 45,676 62,018 74,088 90,193 105,101 120,104 126,961 129,132 129,727
Bow, or Stratfordle-Bow 565 2,101 2,259 2,349 3,371 4,626 6,989 11,590 26,055 37,074 40,365 42,181
Bromley 610 1,684 3,581 4,360 4,846 6,154 11,789 24,077 41,710 64,359 70,000 68,371
Hackney 3,299 12,730 16,771 22,494 31,047 37,771 53,589 76,687 115,110 163,681 198,606 218,998
Holy Trinity Minories 4 644 602 680 508 579 572 420 417 449 301 41
Limehouse:— 244 4,678 7,386 9,805 15,695 21,121 24,561 29,108 29,919 32,041 32,202 32,538
Limehouse 244 4,678 7,386 9,805 15,695 19,337 22,782 27,161 29,919 32,041 32,202 32,538
Ratcliff Hamlet (part of) (fn. 14) — — — — — 1,784 1,779 1,947 — — — —
Norton Folgate Liberty Extra Par. 10 1,752 1,716 1,896 1,918 1,674 1,771 1,873 1,550 1,528 1,449 1,622
Poplar (fn. 15) 1,158 4,493 7,708 12,223 16,849 20,342 28,384 43,529 48,611 55,077 56,383 58,334
St. Botolph without Aldgate, or East Smithfield Liberty (fn. 16) 34 6,153 5,265 6,429 3,453 3,627 4,163 4,000 3,812 2,883 2,971 3,051
St. George in the East 244 21,170 26,917 32,528 38,505 41,350 48,376 48,891 48,052 47,157 45,795 49,068
St. Katharine by the Tower Precinct (fn. 16) 14 2,652 2,706 2,624 72 96 517 208 241 104 182 76
Shadwell (fn. 17) 68 8,828 9,855 9,557 9,544 10,060 11,702 8,499 8,230 8,170 8,123 8,633
Shoreditch 648 34,766 43,930 52,966 68,564 83,432 109,257 129,364 127,164 126,591 124,009 117,706
Spitalfields 73 15,091 16,200 18,650 17,949 20,436 20,960 20,593 20,783 21,340 22,859 24,192
Stepney (fn. 15) :— 830 20,767 27,491 36,940 51,023 63,723 80,218 98,836 120,383 132,393 133,823 140,532
Mile End New Town Hamlet 42 5,253 6,028 7,091 7,384 8,325 10,183 10,845 11,100 10,673 11,303 13,157
Mile End Old Town Hamlet 677 9,848 14,465 22,876 33,898 45,308 56,602 73,064 93,152 105,613 107,592 112,565
Ratcliff Hamlet (part of) (fn. 14) 111 5,666 6,998 6,973 9,741 10,090 13,433 14,927 16,131 16,107 14,928 14,810
Tower of London Extra Par. 22 — 417 463 433 1,107 954 783 1,021 928 868 736
Old Tower Without Precinct 6 563 775 205 280 310 819 626 308 233 65 43
Wapping (fn. 17) 41 5,889 3,313 3,078 3,564 4,108 4,477 4,038 3,410 2,225 2,123 2,125
Whitechapel (fn. 18) 170 23,666 27,578 29,407 30,733 34,053 37,848 37,454 34,874 30,709 32,326 33,640
Spelthorne Hundred
Ashford ‡ 1,402 264 266 331 458 524 497 784 1,019 1,484 2,700 4,816
Bedfont, East ‡ 1,926 456 577 771 968 982 1,035 1,150 1,288 1,452 1,815 2,131
Feltham ‡ 1,790 620 703 962 924 1,029 1,109 1,837 2,748 2,909 3,661 4,534
Hampton:— 3,350 2,515 2,754 3,549 3,992 4,711 4,802 5,355 6,122 6,940 8,200 9,419
Hampton 2,036 1,722 1,984 2,288 2,529 3,097 3,134 3,361 3,915 4,776 5,822 6,813
Hampton Wick Hamlet ‡ 1,314 793 770 1,261 1,463 1,614 1,668 1,994 2,207 2,164 2,378 2,606
Hanworth ‡ 1,373 334 533 552 671 751 790 763 867 1,040 1,309 2,159
Laleham ‡ 1,301 372 480 499 588 612 637 613 567 544 504 500
Littleton ‡ 1,037 147 130 149 134 111 106 111 165 126 99 320
Shepperton ‡ 1,492 731 751 782 847 858 807 849 1,126 1,285 1,299 1,810
Staines 1,843 1,750 2,042 1,957 2,486 2,487 2,577 2,749 3,659 4,628 5,060 6,049
Stanwell* 3,999 893 1,032 1,225 1,386 1,495 1,723 1,714 1,955 2,156 2,383 2,849
Sunbury 2,659 1,447 1,655 1,777 1,863 1,828 2,076 2,332 3,368 4,297 4,099 4,544
Teddington § 1,214 699 732 863 895 1,199 1,146 1,183 4,063 6,599 10,052 14,037
London City—Within the Walls
Allhallows Barking ‡ 11.2 2,087 1,777 1,664 1,761 1,924 2,001 1,679 1,065 716 447 326
Allhallows, Bread Street 2.6 430 345 320 336 263 251 95 90 50 24 15
Allhallows the Great 7.7 572 502 526 588 672 700 603 187 29 37 39
Allhallows the Less 3.3 244 179 98 154 181 130 79 69 63 43 44
Allhallows, Honey Lane 1.0 175 161 137 189 155 150 65 51 32 22 33
Allhallows, Lombard Street 2.9 679 620 580 596 516 456 415 259 169 68 80
Allhallows, London Wall ‡ 8.5 1,552 1,601 1,677 1,861 1,620 2,070 1,999 805 535 183 164
Allhallows Staining 4.1 714 623 577 577 502 512 358 243 175 128 121
Christ Church, Newgate Street (fn. 19) 12.2 2,818 2,744 2,737 2,622 2,446 2,541 1,975 1,899 1,359 958 999
Holy Trinity the Less 1.8 558 513 502 443 633 691 553 190 63 40 57
St. Alban, Wood Street 3.4 682 621 631 582 479 424 276 345 176 167 209
St. Alphage, Sion College ‡ 4.2 1,008 1,009 1,206 1,087 976 919 699 274 31 66 29
St. Andrew Hubbard 2.0 376 333 287 354 331 342 205 139 89 46 41
St. Andrew Undershaft, with St. Mary Axe ‡ 9.3 1,307 1,068 1,161 1,080 1,163 1,181 1,071 580 327 218 157
St. Andrew by the Wardrobe 6.6 900 709 690 756 750 680 682 351 175 170 116
St. Anne and St. Agnes Aldersgate (fn. 20) 2.7 952 392 561 421 513 459 362 229 158 24 21
St. Anne, Blackfriars 12.3 3,071 2,609 2,938 2,622 2,846 3,029 2,615 1,381 943 728 487
St. Antholin 2.6 363 367 365 356 357 305 263 74 31 59 62
St. Augustine Watling Street 1.8 333 247 307 311 289 273 110 110 151 76 20
St. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange 4.1 560 398 339 345 307 254 236 181 199 155 112
St. Benet Fink 2.9 539 526 511 459 383 314 213 165 126 72 53
St. Benet Gracechurch 1.9 429 358 290 348 333 294 278 113 51 52 52
St. Benet, Paul's Walk 5.4 620 636 552 612 588 663 537 105 73 65 31
St. Benet Sherehog 1.1 186 152 142 180 145 144 114 32 24 35 39
London City—Within the Walls (cont.)
St. Botolph Billingsgate 2.6 196 176 191 207 278 341 222 154 99 133 44
St. Christopher le Stock 2.8 133 89 84 72 16 45 23 45 38 34 24
St. Clement Eastcheap 1.8 352 262 273 256 236 233 198 111 86 66 79
St. Dionis Backchurch 4.7 868 755 791 810 806 746 534 350 211 161 112
St. Dunstan in the East ‡ 11.8 1,613 1,249 1,155 1,157 1,010 1,025 971 669 442 395 294
St. Edmund the King and Martyr 2.4 477 452 442 382 391 440 333 153 106 105 93
St. Ethelburga ‡ 3.3 599 564 704 665 669 693 606 315 199 158 100
St. Faith the Virgin 5.6 964 942 999 841 781 853 761 606 403 314 201
St. Gabriel Fenchurch Street 2.8 509 408 343 355 386 274 178 125 111 88 75
St. George Botolph Lane 1.3 254 215 215 229 235 225 217 162 96 35 24
St. Gregory by St. Paul's 11.4 1,634 1,444 1,468 1,456 1,444 1,428 1,154 896 730 515 512
St. Helen Bishopsgate 7.1 655 652 696 692 659 674 558 404 289 251 177
St. James Duke Street 3.2 851 823 732 805 964 827 851 747 622 359 187
St. James Garlickhithe 3.3 595 594 473 637 520 627 461 391 222 146 69
St. John the Baptist Walbrook 1.9 412 369 417 411 367 249 132 97 57 73 72
St. John the Evangelist 0.8 125 118 86 106 108 99 27 51 5 18 2
St. John Zachary 2.2 507 408 322 241 183 156 132 127 115 109 46
St. Katharine Cole man ‡ 6.2 732 716 712 650 606 547 444 317 277 237 136
St. Katharine Cree 9.2 1,727 1,471 1,814 1,718 1,740 1,905 1,794 1,291 858 445 178
St. Laurence Jewry (fn. 21) 5.7 800 1,039 702 756 625 526 410 214 162 187 298
St. Laurence Pountney 2.9 355 337 352 372 381 314 233 131 94 80 29
St. Leonard Eastcheap 1.4 304 290 307 110 137 152 111 93 50 32 42
St. Leonard Foster Lane (fn. 22) 2.5 905 197 377 220 331 305 297 42 27 23 29
St. Magnus 3.4 289 248 227 113 239 300 197 262 169 136 172
St. Margaret Lothbury 3.9 569 327 331 252 189 191 164 90 124 92 65
St. Margaret Moses 1.6 265 241 149 199 250 249 137 53 55 32 39
St. Margaret, Fish Street Hill 2.0 365 346 344 167 266 305 317 165 106 68 87
St. Margaret Pattens 1.6 221 159 185 181 167 169 103 104 67 28 46
St. Martin Ironmonger Lane 1.1 192 189 132 218 198 181 185 179 137 103 71
St. Martin Ludgate 4.8 1,229 1,199 1,200 1,185 1,255 1,246 1,080 730 247 158 175
St. Martin Orgar 2.7 393 290 350 367 353 324 296 212 152 150 105
St. Martin Outwich 3.2 326 236 252 245 135 174 165 137 132 102 63
St. Martin Vintry (fn. 23) 4.4 543 356 205 226 288 300 244 118 107 87 79
St. Mary Abchurch 2.6 549 511 505 501 526 273 264 191 142 144 114
St. Mary Aldermanbury ‡ 4.4 822 743 883 789 751 687 443 308 168 102 69
St. Mary Aldermary 2.4 562 472 429 507 494 511 232 154 121 139 115
London City—Within the Walls (cont.)
St. Mary le Bow 2.7 468 363 368 376 346 363 317 170 130 129 118
St. Mary Bothaw 1.9 236 233 225 253 257 194 161 146 101 99 125
St. Mary Colechurch 1.6 304 276 275 274 238 225 164 99 36 20 29
St. Mary at Hill 4.2 762 696 818 773 987 812 738 477 206 127 150
St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street 2.4 521 711 721 762 783 890 732 354 224 83 42
St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street (fn. 24) 1.7 207 — 300 288 207 193 125 84 54 39 18
St. Mary Mounthaw (fn. 25) 1.0 366 357 358 434 378 406 474 0 3 14 20
St. Mary Somerset 3.6 459 289 270 374 375 394 271 200 74 82 33
St. Mary Staining 1.3 239 224 221 309 268 202 161 38 33 36 15
St. Mary Woolchurch Haw 2.3 270 229 206 247 150 125 102 89 29 71 68
St. Mary Woolnoth 2.6 551 457 511 414 317 328 291 242 290 137 109
St. Matthew Friday Street 1.4 209 196 228 225 160 164 167 70 84 67 38
St. Michael Bassishaw 5.8 747 652 714 661 687 616 501 357 215 127 90
St. Michael Cornhill ‡ 3.6 691 603 492 508 454 491 371 254 227 198 162
St. Michael Crooked Lane (fn. 26) 3.1 618 523 576 327 329 443 323 222 127 94 78
St. Michael Queenhithe 3.7 827 739 716 773 647 761 548 267 189 67 26
St. Michael le Querne 1.6 390 317 252 248 212 134 74 71 70 38 67
St. Michael Paternoster Royal 2.1 307 219 181 198 251 171 169 90 101 56 38
St. Michael Wood Street 2.0 574 435 433 404 328 286 214 156 139 58 65
St. Mildred Bread Street 1.5 281 322 329 302 351 310 86 46 21 21 32
St. Mildred Poultry 2.5 504 302 271 285 280 319 257 115 36 56 57
St. Nicholas Acons 1.5 275 264 180 228 194 221 168 144 116 67 71
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey 1.6 257 178 228 209 254 379 230 104 53 13 56
St. Nicholas Olave 1.4 324 264 350 372 431 533 355 167 94 111 91
St. Olave Hart Street, with St. Nicholas - in - the -Shambles 10.3 1,216 1,030 1,012 1,041 816 893 757 363 255 236 184
St. Olave Old Jewry 2.5 301 236 239 213 168 177 143 121 91 83 85
St. Olave Silver Street 3.3 1,078 1,131 1,135 711 972 948 527 49 82 38 35
St. Pancras Soper Lane 1.2 217 153 190 168 162 177 76 107 55 60 34
St. Peter Cornhill ‡ 6.0 1,003 860 731 729 656 656 533 418 196 162 108
St. Peter Paul's Wharf 2.5 353 370 346 354 341 383 410 107 19 37 16
St. Peter le Poor 9.3 867 638 576 546 559 562 540 438 404 270 266
St. Peter Westcheap 1.6 335 271 266 226 227 209 148 67 22 16 24
St. Stephen Coleman Street ‡ 26.7 3,225 2,957 3,062 4,014 3,699 3,936 3,324 2,647 1,799 1,038 540
St. Stephen Walbrook 2.8 340 289 278 281 322 312 300 147 103 89 79
St. Swithin London Stone 3.0 474 428 508 486 389 333 297 200 142 118 120
London City— Within the Walls (cont.)
St. Thomas the Apostle 2.4 566 483 565 531 648 369 112 112 76 122 139
St. Vedast Foster Lane 2.5 423 412 398 496 427 410 278 224 184 139 82
London City—Without the Walls.
St. Andrew, Hol-born below the Bars (fn. 27) (fn. 8) (fn. 32) 20.7 5,511 5,741 6,234 5,570 5,966 5,965 6,337 3,818 2,883 2,546 1,365
St. Bartholomew the Great ‡ 8.9 2,645 2,769 2,931 2,923 3,414 3,499 3,426 3,114 2.373 1,843 1,441
St. Bartholomew the Less ‡ (fn. 29) 4.2 952 843 823 863 744 827 849 747 819 847 869
St. Botolph Alders-gate (part of) (fn. 36) 19.9 4,161 4,135 4,003 3,994 4,491 4,745 4,744 3,512 2,399 1,670 826
St. Botolph, Ald-gate (fn. 31) 38.7 8,689 8,297 9,067 9,615 9,525 11,325 9,421 8,433 6,269 5,866 4,653
St. Botolph without Bishopsgate ‡ 44.5 10,314 9,184 10,140 10,256 10,969 12,499 11,569 6,107 4,905 3,078 1,660
St. Bride:— 34.2 7,531 7,462 7,731 7,316 6,655 6,569 6,070 4,563 3,516 2,676 1,918
St. Bride (fn. 28) 28.9 7,078 7,003 7,288 6,860 6,126 6,039 5,660 4,095 3,001 2,208 1,528
Bridewell Hospital and Precinct Chapelry 5.3 453 459 443 456 529 530 410 468 515 468 390
St. Dunstan in the West (fn. 34) 13.4 3,021 3,239 3,549 3,443 3,266 2,887 2,511 2,316 1,584 1,058 775
St. Giles without Cripplegate ‡ 42.6 11,446 11,704 13,038 13,134 13,255 14,361 13,498 8,894 3,863 2,090 1,052
St. Sepulchre (the part without Newgate) (fn. 36) 35.5 8,092 8,724 8,271 7,710 8,524 8,620 7,475 3,701 2,166 1,754 1,160
Whitefriars Precinct Extra Par. 8.5 783 929 1,247 1,302 1,294 1,230 1,155 965 467 393 170
Inns of Court and Chancery
Barnard's Inn (in St. Andrew Holborn) (fn. 36) (fn. 32) 0.6 37 44 — — 39 32 69 62 53 59 5
Clement's Inn (in St. Clement Danes) (fn. 33) — 140 — — — 143 112 85 — — — —
Clifford's Inn, Extra Par. (fn. 34) — 113 111 101 — 27 38 — — — — —
Furnival's Inn, Extra Par. (fn. 35) 1 80 — 100 160 213 164 202 115 155 121 0
Gray's Inn, Extra Par. 11.5 289 344 208 324 325 366 308 361 328 253 232
Inner Temple, Extra Par. 11.5 485 460 405 288 278 162 148 116 156 96 127
Lincoln's Inn (part of), Extra Par. (fn. 36) 8 179 242 268 142 115 79 47 40 16 27 47
Middle Temple, Extra Par. 5.4 382 423 298 195 229 124 81 93 95 95 107
New Inn, Extra Par. (fn. 37) — — — — — 46 30 30 — — — —
Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, Extra Par. (fn. 38) — 22 28 31 — 5 5 — — — — —
Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, Extra Par. 0.6 113 78 94 104 81 74 75 73 49 50 48
Staple Inn, Extra Par. 1.0 67 66 41 58 32 57 42 41 38 21 12
Thavies Inn, Extra Par. 0.8 — — — — 175 155 185 237 121 109 85
Westminster (City and Liberty)
St. Anne Soho 53 11,637 12,288 15,215 15,600 16,480 17,335 17,426 17,562 16,608 12,317 11,493
St. Clement Danes (fn. 37) (fn. 44) 55 12,861 13,706 14,763 15,442 15,459 15,550 15,477 11,503 10,280 8,492 6,010
St. George Hanover Square (fn. 42) (fn. 45) 1,117 38,440 41,687 46,384 58,209 66,736 73,458 88,066 89,988 89,573 78,364 76,734
St. James Westminster 163 34,462 34,093 33,819 37,053 37,426 36,406 35,326 33,619 29,941 24,995 21,588
St. John the Evangelist (fn. 39) 210 8,375 10,615 16,835 22,648 26,223 34,295 37,483 38,478 35,496 34,106 50,559
St. Margaret (fn. 40) (fn. 45) 603 17,508 19,027 22,387 25,344 30,258 30,942 30,407 27,572 24,430 21,433
St. Martin in the Fields (fn. 40) (fn. 41) (fn. 45) 286 25,752 26,585 28,252 23,732 24,917 24,461 22,689 21,238 17,508 14,616 11,596
Buckingham Palace (the Palace Proper), Extra Par. (fn. 42) — — — — — 99 125 40 40 — — —
St. James's Palace, Extra Par. (fn. 41) — — — — — 174 179 — — — — —
St. Martin le Grand Liberty (fn. 43) — — 688 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Mary le Strand (fn. 44) ‡ 14 2,178 2,021 2,273 2,462 2,520 2,517 2,072 2,007 1,989 1,549 494
St. Paul Covent Garden ‡ 26 4,992 5,304 5,834 5,203 5,718 5,810 5,154 4,376 2,919 2,142 1,692
The Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Extra Par. 10 — 175 181 185 231 372 323 209 249 235 231
Verge of the Palaces of St. James and White-hall (fn. 40) (fn. 45) — 1,685 249 641 238 — — — — —

GENERAL NOTES

1. The Populations in 1841 of the Parishes (or Places) marked thus § were markedly increased by the presence of temporary residents, such as haymakers.

2. The following Urban Districts are co-extensive at the Census of 1901 with one or more places mentioned in the Table:—

Urban District Place
Finchley Finchley Parish (Ossulstone Hundred—Finsbury Division)
Friern Barnet Friern Barnet Parish (Ossulstone Hundred—Finsbury Division)
Hampton Hampton Township (Spelthorne Hundred)
Hampton Wick Hampton Wick Hamlet (Spelthorne Hundred)
Hanwell Hanwell Parish (Elthorne Hundred)
Hendon Hendon Parish (Gore Hundred)
Kingsbury Kingsbury Parish (Gore Hundred)
Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury Parish (Spelthorne Hundred)
Teddington Teddington Parish (Spelthorne Hundred)
Twickenham Twickenham Parish (Isleworth Hundred)

Footnotes

  • 1. Ancient or Geographical County.—The County as defined by the Act 7 & 8 Vict., cap. 61. The population figures exclude (1) in 1821, 526 Militiamen; (2) in 1831, 200 Militiamen; and (3) in 1841, 2,220 Police on duty. (See also note to Willesden.)
  • 2. New Brentford appears to be a Township of Hanwell Ancient Parish.
  • 3. Hanwell.—The Central London District Workhouse School was established in this Parish between 1851 and 1861.
  • 4. Norwood Precinct.—The boundary was not accurately known in 1831.
  • 5. Pinner.—The Commercial Travellers' School was established in this Parish between 1851 and 1861.
  • 6. Clerkenwell.—A detached part was wrongly included in the return for Hornsey Parish, 1801–1831. This detached area only contained 48 persons in 1841.
  • 7. Friern Barnet.—Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum established between 1851 and 1861.
  • 8. St. Sepulchre and St. Botolph Aldersgate Ancient Parishes are situated in Ossulstone Hundred—Finsbury Division and in London City—Without the Walls.
  • 9. St. Andrew Holborn Ancient Parish is situated in (A) Ossulstone Hundred—Holborn Division, (B) London City— Without the Walls, and (c) the Inns of Court and Chancery.
  • 10. Saffron Hill, &c.—The 1821 increase attributed partly to the absence of the fear of being compelled to serve in the Militia.
  • 11. a See note 36, post.
  • 12. Hammersmith Parish created out of Fulham Ancient Parish in 1834 by Act of Parliament.
  • 13. Willesden.—The 1811 figures are an estimate.
  • 14. Ratcliff Hamlet is situated in Limehouse and Stepney Parishes.—The entire area and population, 1801–1831 and 1871–1901, are shown in Stepney Parish.
  • 15. Poplar Parish created out of Stepney Ancient Parish about 1817 by Act of Parliament.
  • 16. East Smithfield and St. Katharine by the Tower.—The decline in 1831 of the population in these two places is attributed to the formation of the St. Katharine Docks between 1821 and 1831.
  • 17. Shadwell and Wapping.—Many houses were demolished in these two Parishes between 1851 and 1861 in order to construct a new dock.
  • 18. Whitechapel.—A small part, containing only 22 persons in 1901, is situated in the City of London—Without the Walls; none shown there.
  • 19. Christ Church, Newgate Street, includes Christ's Hospital School.
  • 20. a See note 35, post.
  • 21. The return for St. Lawrence Jewry includes the population of St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, in 1811.
  • 22. a See note 35, post.
  • 23. St. Martin Vintry.—Many houses demolished in this Parish between 1811 and 1821 in order to give access to the new Southwark Bridge.
  • 24. a See note 19. ante.
  • 25. St. Mary Mounthaw.—All the houses in this Parish, except two uninhabited ones, were pulled down between 1861 and 1871 in order to form Queen Victoria Street.
  • 26. St. Michael Crooked Lane.—The Church and 35 houses were demolished between 1821 and 1831 in order to improve the access to the new London Bridge.
  • 27. a See note 9, ante
  • 28. St. Andrew, Holborn below the Bars and St. Bride.—Many houses were pulled down between 1821 and 1831 in order to erect Farringdon Market.
  • 29. St. Bartholomew the Less comprises only St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1901.
  • 30. a See note 8, ante.
  • 31. St. Botolph, Aldgate.—This Parish is partly Within the Walls, but none is shown there.
  • 32. Barnard's Inn was returned with St. Andrew, Holborn below the Bars in 1821 and 1831.
  • 33. St. Clement Danes Ancient Parish is situated in (A) Ossulstone Hundred—Holborn Division, (B) the City and Liberty of Westminster, and (c) the Inns of Court and Chancery. The entire area is shown in the City and Liberty of Westminster, including that of New Inn and Clement's Inn; the populations of these two Inns are included there in 1811–1831 and 1871–1901. The population of New Inn is also included there in 1801. No part of this Parish is shown in Ossulstone Hundred—Holborn Division.
  • 34. Clifford's Inn and Serjeants' Inn (Chancery Lane).—The areas of these Inns and their populations, 1831 and 1861–1901, are included in those of St. Dunstan in the West Parish.
  • 35. Furnival's Inn was returned with St. Andrew Holborn Parish in 1811.
  • 36. Lincoln's Inn.—The remainder was not Extra Parochial, neither was it shown separately in the Census Returns.
  • 37. a See note 27, ante.
  • 38. b See note 28, ante.
  • 39. Westminster, St. John the Evangelist.—Millbank Penitentiary was built in this parish between 1811 and 1821.
  • 40. The population of Whitehall and Privy Gardens was returned in 1801 and 1821 with the Verge of the Palaces of St. James and Whitehall, in 1831 in St. Martin in the Fields, and in 1811 and 1841–1901 in Westminster, St. Margaret. The area is included in the last Parish. This area seems to have claimed to be Extra Parochial; the population in 1811 was 347.
  • 41. St. Martin in the Fields includes the area and the population, 1801–1831 and 1861–1901, of St. James's Palace.
  • 42. St. George Hanover Square, includes the area and the population, 1881–1901, of Buckingham Palace (the Palace Proper).
  • 43. St. Martin le Grand Liberty is locally situated in the Parishes of St. Anne and St. Agnes, Aldersgate, and St. Leonard, Foster Lane (both in London City—Within the Walls), where its area is included. Its population was apparently included in that of St. Leonard in 1801. The Liberty was added to the City of London under the Act for erecting the new Post Office (55 George III, cap. 91), under which Act part of the new Post Office was erected upon it, covering its entire area.
  • 44. The population of the Duchy of Lancaster Liberty is entirely shown in St. Mary le Strand Parish 1801–1831. From 1841–1901 the population is rightly divided among St. Mary le Strand, St. Clement Danes, and the Precinct of the Savoy. Its area is also divided between these. The Liberty contained 410 persons in 1831.
  • 45. The Verge of the Palaces of St. James and Whitehall.—The population, 1841–1901, is divided between St. Martin in the Fields, St. George Hanover Square, and St. Margaret Westminster Parishes. The area is also divided among these three Parishes
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